Trust your gut instincts and your dog

Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life.

I wish I had learned earlier in life to 100% trust my gut instincts about people, particularly men. It could’ve saved me a lot of heartache. When I was married, I ignored the red flags and my churning gut instincts that were telling me something was seriously wrong in my marriage. I trusted my husband and fell for the act he was putting on, even though my instincts were screaming at me that my husband was a charlatan.

In the end I trusted my women’s intuition and left the marriage. It was not the first time I had been taken in by a charlatan.

I know to trust my dog Lily. Lily is a lovely little dog, but she doesn’t like every man that crosses our path. I know if Lily seems anxious and upset by different men to be wary. Fortunately the first man Lily met through me was my friend Russell. Russell is amazingly lovely, and the most wonderful man I have ever met. So I believe Lily rates men against Russell, who is just so lovely, that other men don’t rate so well.

I know Lily’s gut instincts are always to protect me, so I pay attention to her and avoid encounters with those she does not trust.